一个42岁黑人的家庭死于接二连三的子弹北卡罗莱纳州治安官代表星期二说,一项独立的尸检显示,他被枪杀了五次,包括一次在后脑。
安德鲁·布朗(Andrew Brown Jr .)的亲属和律师周二上午在北卡罗来纳州伊丽莎白市帕绍坦克县治安部门外的新闻发布会上宣布了他们委托进行的尸检结果,称这证实了他被“处决”。
“昨天,我说他被‘处决’了这份尸检报告告诉我这是正确的,”布朗的儿子哈利勒·费比说。
北卡罗来纳州州长罗伊·库珀周二发表声明,呼吁特别检察官调查这起枪击事件。
此前一天,布朗的家人被允许观看一段他们称之为20秒钟的视频,视频中,手无寸铁的布朗在伊丽莎白市的家中被人用手抓着方向盘枪杀。
家人的律师说,北卡罗来纳州西北五个县的前法医布伦特·德韦恩·霍尔博士进行了独立的尸检。
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安德鲁·布朗的家庭律师韦恩·肯德尔(左)和本·克伦普举行新闻发布会
代表布朗家人的律师韦恩·肯德尔展示了尸检图,指出布朗的右臂被枪击四次。肯德尔将这些伤口描述为没有杀死布朗的短暂伤口。
他说致命的一枪击中了布朗,当时他正试图开车离开去救自己的命。他说一颗子弹击中了布朗的后脑勺,并卡在了他的大脑里。
“他能够倒车,调转车头,穿过一片空地。当时他的后脑勺被击中,那是致命的枪伤,”肯德尔说。
礼貌布朗一家
安德鲁·布朗在一张未注明日期的照片中。
该家庭的另一名律师哈里·丹尼尔斯(Harry Daniels)说,当局告诉他,三名副手向布朗的汽车开火,其中一人重装了子弹。
被允许观看视频的家庭律师之一尚特尔·切里-莱西特(Chantel Cherry-Lassiter)说,布朗被枪击时正坐在车里,双手放在方向盘上。
切里-莱西特说,在这段简短的视频片段中,她从来没有看到布朗威胁警察,并补充说,“他试图逃避被枪杀。”
独立尸检结果公布后,帕绍坦克县治安官汤米·伍登(Tommy Wooten)发表了一份声明,称:“我和公众一样,也想知道发生了什么。家人公布的私人尸检很重要,在这个艰难的时刻,我继续为他们祈祷。然而,私人解剖只是拼图的一部分。SBI正在进行的独立调查至关重要,他们收集的采访、取证和其他证据将有助于确保正义得到伸张。”
参与4月21日枪击事件的七名帕绍坦克县代表已被行政休假,而北卡罗来纳州调查局正在调查这起致命事件的情况。代表的名字还没有公布。
伍滕周一晚上表示,县检察官已经提出动议,要求法官允许公众观看视频,但没有说明视频何时可能会发布。
“这一悲惨事件发生得很快,不到30秒就结束了,”伍登在一份视频声明中说,并补充说,官员身体摄像头的镜头不稳定,有时很难解读。
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包括雷蒙德·约翰逊牧师在内的数百名示威者走上伊丽莎白市的街头
“他们只讲述了故事的一部分,”伍登说。
布朗的亲属和他们的律师抱怨说,他们没有看到这场致命对抗的所有可用视频,包括导致枪击事件及其后果的镜头。
帕绍坦克县治安部门几乎没有公布枪击事件的细节。
官员们说,枪击发生在早上8点30分左右,当时来自帕斯夸塔克和戴尔县的代表前往布朗的家,试图向布朗送达逮捕令,逮捕令源于一项毒品重罪调查。
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一座临时纪念碑坐落在安德鲁·布朗上周被治安官杀害的地方附近,作为一家人
当布朗试图开车离开家时,代表们向他的车开火。911调度记录了第一个响应者,说布朗是在背后被枪杀的。
根据美国广播公司新闻获得的搜查令,治安官的调查人员想搜查布朗的家,寻找快克可卡因、甲基苯丙胺和海洛因。在搜查令所附的宣誓书中,侦探们声称他们使用了一个秘密线人来记录线人几次从布朗那里购买快克可卡因和甲基苯丙胺的音频和视频。
布朗的家人和他们的律师声称,调查人员没有在布朗的车里和家里找到武器或毒品。
Independent autopsy shows Andrew Brown was shot 5 times, once in the back of the head: Family
The family of a 42-year-old Black man whodied in a barrage of bulletsfired at his car by North Carolina sheriff's deputies said Tuesday that an independent autopsy shows he was shot five times, including once in the back of the head.
Andrew Brown Jr.'s relatives and attorneys announced the outcome of the postmortem exam they commissioned during a news conference Tuesday morning outside the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Department in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, saying it confirms he was "executed."
"Yesterday, I said he was 'executed.' This autopsy report shows me that was correct," said Brown's son, Khalil Ferebee.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statement on Tuesday that called for a special prosecutor to investigate the shooting.
The announcement came a day after family members were allowed to view what they described as a 20-second clip from one police body camera of the unarmed Brown being shot to death with his hands on the steering wheel of his car outside his home in Elizabeth City.
Dr. Brent Dwayne Hall, the former medical examiner for five northwest North Carolina counties, performed the independent autopsy, the family's attorney's said.
Wayne Kendall, an attorney representing Brown's family, displayed autopsy graphics pointing out that Brown was shot four times in his right arm. Kendall described those wounds as glancing wounds that did not kill Brown.
He said the fatal shot hit Brown as he tried to drive away to save his own life. He said a bullet hit Brown at the base of the back of his skull and lodged in his brain.
"He was able to back up, turn the vehicle around, spin off across a vacant lot. And at that time he was hit in the back of he head and that is the fatal bullet wound," Kendall said.
Harry Daniels, another attorney for the family, said he has been told by authorities that three deputies opened fire on Brown's car, including one who reloaded.
Chantel Cherry-Lassiter, one of the family's attorneys who was allowed to watch the video, said Brown was sitting in his vehicle with his hands on the steering wheel while he was being shot at.
Cherry-Lessiter said that at no time in the short video snippet did she see Brown threatening the officers, adding, "He was trying to evade being shot."
Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten released a statement after the independent autopsy results were released, saying, "I want answers about what happened as much as the public does. The private autopsy released by the family is important and I continue to pray for them during this difficult time. However, a private autopsy is just one piece of the puzzle. The independent investigation being performed by the SBI is crucial and the interviews, forensics, and other evidence they gather will help ensure that justice is accomplished."
Seven Pasquotank County deputies involved in the April 21 shooting have been placed on administrative leave while the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation probes the circumstances of the deadly encounter. The names of the deputies have not been released.
Wooten said on Monday evening that the county attorney had filed a motion asking a judge to allow the public to see the video, but did not indicate when the footage might be released.
"This tragic incident was quick and over in less than 30 seconds," Wooten said in a video statement, adding that the footage from officer body cameras is shaky and sometimes hard to decipher.
"They only tell part of the story," Wooten said.
Relatives of Brown and their attorneys complained that they were not shown all of the video available of the deadly confrontation, including footage of what prompted the shooting and its aftermath.
The Pasquotank County Sheriff Department has released few details of the shooting.
The shooting unfolded about 8:30 a.m. when deputies from Pasquotank and Dare Counties went to Brown's home to attempt to serve an arrest warrant on Brown that stemmed from a felony drug investigation, officials said.
Deputies opened fire on Brown's car as he attempted to drive away from his home. A first responder was recorded on 911 dispatch saying Brown was shot in the back.
According to the search warrant obtained by ABC News, sheriff's investigators wanted to search Brown's home for crack cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. In an affidavit attached to the search warrant, detectives claimed they used a confidential informant to record audio and video of the informant purchasing crack cocaine and methamphetamine from Brown on several occasions.
Brown's family and their attorneys claimed investigators failed to find weapons or drugs in Brown's vehicle and home.